12 Aug 2025

Man dies after single-vehicle car crash on Auckland’s Southern Motorway

1:41 pm on 12 August 2025

Photo: NZTA / Waka Kotahi

A person has died after a single-vehicle crash on a section of Auckland's State Highway 1 on Monday morning.

Emergency services were called to the crash near the Te Irirangi on-ramp in Manukau shortly before 8am.

The man was found dead at the scene.

The left northbound lane has since been cleared and the northbound on-ramp at Te Irirangi Drive is open again.

Enquiries into the crash are ongoing.

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